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6.Qd1!
With ideas like Bh5, Qb1-b4 and Bxe6 followed by Qg4.
6...Rh6 7.Bc1! Rh7 8.Bxe6! fxe6 9.Qg4
Black resigned.
Vilner - Romanovsky
Moscow 1924
Black to move
Preparing the strong manoeuvre ...Bf8-c5-d4.
2.Rd3 Bf8 3.Rhd1
After 3.Qe3 Be7 4.Rhd1 Qf8! , and ...Bc5-d4, Black also accomplishes his plan.
3...Bc5 4.Qe2 Bd4 5.Kb1 c5
Thanks to his tremendous bishop Black is clearly better. Romanovsky later opened a new front by ...f7-f6.
Salov - Gurevich
Reggio Emilia 1992
White to move
Preparing b4-b5 to soften up the long diagonal for the bishop on g2.
1...Bxc4?!
1...Ne4 was preferable, although after 2.Nxe4 fxe4 3.Nxe6 Qe6 4.Qc2 Rfe8 5.Be3 Nc7 6.Rfd1 White is better thanks to his bishop pair.
2.b5 cxb5 3.Ndxb5 Rd8 4.Ba3
One more piece into play.
4...d5 5.Nd6! Again White prefers activity over material.
5...Qe5 6.Nxc4 dxc4 7.Qc2 Nc5 8.Na4! b6 9.Nxc5 bxc5 10.Qc4+